Oil shale energy experiments set in West

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Taking direction from President Bush’s Energy Act, Clarke said the reserves contain a 100-year domestic supply of oil, although it’s locked up in layers of hard rock and the technology for economically recovering it is still evolving.

Oil shale generally refers to any rock that contains solid tarlike materials released as petroleum-like liquids when the rock is heated.